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Takket

(23,860 posts)
Wed May 27, 2026, 10:51 AM May 27

Try to contain your shock... the "Board of Peace" was all a photo op and a scam.......

The State Department supposedly sent .5 billion tax dollars to the Board of Peace slush fund, which is now empty.

Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein.bsky.social) 2026-05-27T13:17:27.699Z


https://www.ft.com/content/5ba3bd2c-0e0e-4306-84be-99d6d89b0d49?syn-25a6b1a6=1

sorry the article is paywalled... but you get the idea.
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Try to contain your shock... the "Board of Peace" was all a photo op and a scam....... (Original Post) Takket May 27 OP
No paywall link Nevilledog May 27 #1
+1 dalton99a May 27 #2
Guess what, the "funding" is going in by the untraceable route muriel_volestrangler May 27 #10
Gee, almost as if trump had PLANNED to raid the funds! 70sEraVet May 27 #12
Yeah, who woulda figured? KPN May 27 #14
It's so hard to guess who took the money dalton99a May 27 #3
Shams and scams. Monet deposited privately. No accountability delisen May 27 #4
ask Dimon dave99 May 27 #23
I'm shocked! liberalla May 27 #5
Fortunately, I managed to sit down before reading the news... GopherGal May 28 #35
Very wise! liberalla May 28 #36
Honestly, Hey Joe May 27 #6
Was the money spent on building American missiles and bombs? Wednesdays May 27 #7
Has anyone checked Jared's pockets? Totally Tunsie May 27 #8
Trump was involved in a scam? Ray Bruns May 27 #9
Is this guy the biggest scam artist ever? vapor2 May 27 #11
Trump was right. I am tired of him winning. twodogsbarking May 27 #13
Trump steals in front of EVERYONE and dares anyone to stop him. Who is going to rid the World NoMoreRepugs May 27 #15
First (and last) meeting of the Board of Peace. generalbetrayus May 27 #16
I love that toon MustLoveBeagles May 27 #18
It was a scam?! 😭 MustLoveBeagles May 27 #17
Well duh Mad_Machine76 May 27 #19
A very simple man to figure out once you understand dlk May 27 #20
The only thing I'm shocked about is the UN's stamp of approval on this grift many months ago. AloeVera May 27 #21
Clutch my pearls, that probably explains why there is no peace! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist May 27 #22
....aaaaannnddd it's gone. TalenaGor May 27 #24
Hey, if the Donald is involved, that's what it's ALWAYS gonna be that way. calimary May 27 #25
I'm shocked! greatauntoftriplets May 27 #26
The most transparent government blah blah blah. Well, the corruption is indeed transparent! Beartracks May 27 #27
Gee, if Congress would do its job, couldn't they approve an audit? Baitball Blogger May 27 #28
I call them the Republicrooks Party for a reason. Justice matters. May 28 #32
Everything Trump initiates is a scam, pure and simple. When is he going to be held accountable? Martin68 May 27 #29
I bet that 1.5 is in an account in Qatar Figarosmom May 28 #30
Trump promised to drain the swamp Dave Id May 28 #31
What evil dwells in the heart of a man when he knows his days are drawing to a close . . . Aussie105 May 28 #33
This is what John Roberts and his wife worked so hard for wolfie001 May 28 #34

muriel_volestrangler

(106,788 posts)
10. Guess what, the "funding" is going in by the untraceable route
Wed May 27, 2026, 12:22 PM
May 27
Rather than use the fund administered by the World Bank, and endorsed by the UN, the board has received donations directly via its JPMorgan account, the board’s spokesperson and another person familiar with the arrangements said.

While the World Bank must report on the financial position of the Gaza fund to contributors and board members, no independent transparency requirements are in place for the JPMorgan account.
...
The Board of Peace “will report its financials” to its own executive board, which is made up of Trump administration officials and other advisers, “at a time deemed appropriate”, the official added.

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delisen

(7,492 posts)
4. Shams and scams. Monet deposited privately. No accountability
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:09 AM
May 27

Has there been money deposited privately through the J P Morgan account which has disappeared?

If so is the account a conduit for bribes.to the Trump family or allgned individuals?

Hey Joe

(885 posts)
6. Honestly,
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:19 AM
May 27

I would have been much more surprised if it wasn’t a scam.
We all knew this was a scam before the first dollar was deposited.

NoMoreRepugs

(12,297 posts)
15. Trump steals in front of EVERYONE and dares anyone to stop him. Who is going to rid the World
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:06 PM
May 27

of this pantload rapist pedophile??

Mad_Machine76

(25,067 posts)
19. Well duh
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:14 PM
May 27

When will people (i.e. media, MAGA, et. al) learn? What's it gonna take? Somebody should check on the Ballroom donations too!

dlk

(13,430 posts)
20. A very simple man to figure out once you understand
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:15 PM
May 27

Everything he says is a lie and everything he does is a grift.

AloeVera

(4,596 posts)
21. The only thing I'm shocked about is the UN's stamp of approval on this grift many months ago.
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:24 PM
May 27

I guess it was so eager to see a ceasefire and the end of Gaza's bombardment it went along, not seeing any other option. Still wish it had put up some kind of fight though.

calimary

(91,335 posts)
25. Hey, if the Donald is involved, that's what it's ALWAYS gonna be that way.
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:46 PM
May 27

One way or another.

If he’s in there, so is a very bad and deeply suspicious smell.

Beartracks

(14,730 posts)
27. The most transparent government blah blah blah. Well, the corruption is indeed transparent!
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:51 PM
May 27

Baitball Blogger

(52,854 posts)
28. Gee, if Congress would do its job, couldn't they approve an audit?
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:56 PM
May 27

Because passing along One Billion dollars for a photo op, and then this IRS deal make the Republican party complicit in embezzlement.

Justice matters.

(10,206 posts)
32. I call them the Republicrooks Party for a reason.
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:31 AM
May 28

It's in that name. A bunch of gangsters took over to fill their pockets. It was not tough to do. Religious propaganda and made-up lies about everything like a reality-teevee show.

Everybody should use it: The Republicrooks Party, a.k.a. the Guardians Of Pedophiles (GOP).

Martin68

(28,245 posts)
29. Everything Trump initiates is a scam, pure and simple. When is he going to be held accountable?
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:03 PM
May 27

Aussie105

(8,322 posts)
33. What evil dwells in the heart of a man when he knows his days are drawing to a close . . .
Thu May 28, 2026, 05:05 AM
May 28

but his unending daily desire is to steal from others and lie to enrich himself?

Building a golden stairway to Heaven, perhaps?
(cue the Led Zeppelin song)

wolfie001

(8,151 posts)
34. This is what John Roberts and his wife worked so hard for
Thu May 28, 2026, 08:13 AM
May 28

Having a christo-fascist grifting machine in the WH. Backed by amoral billionaires. Way to go you nasty fuckers.

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